Inking quill



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Patented Sept. 9, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE INKIN G QUILL JamesE. Palmer, Stillwater, Okla.

Application November 8, 1945, Serial No. 627,302

1 Claim. 1

My invention relates to improvements in quills used for feeding ink to adraughting pen and has1 for its object to provide a fountain inking quil.

Another object of the invention is to provide a quill, the lower end ofwhich is curved to spoonshape.

Another object of this invention is to provide a quill having aspoon-shaped or dished rear wall to provide a receptacle for a supply ofink.

Other features and advantages will become more readily apparent from thefollowing description and the accompanying illustrative drawing inwhich:

Figure 1 is a sectional view of an ink bottle embracing my invention,and

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view of a stopper and quill In thedrawings and specification the same characters of reference are used toindicate the same parts throughout and in which l0, indicates an inkbottle stopper into the inner end of which is frictionally held theupper shank end I I of the quill I 2. The lower portion of the quill isformed with parallel extending arms which are arcuately curved at theirlower ends to provide a flexible tongue l3 at the extremity of one armand a spoon-shaped ink receiving receptacle at the extremity of theother arm.

The adjacent surfaces l5 of the receptacle l4 and the surface i6 of thetongue I3 are slightly spaced apart to permit reception of drawing inkbetween the arms of said quill, and the lower end of the-tongue I3 isoppositely tapered to form a point or feed port at the lowermost pointof said quill for evenly flowing the ink to a drawing pen (not shown).

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the inventionrelates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the inventionafter considering the description in connection with the drawings.Therefore, a more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary:

Changes in shape, size and rearrangement of details and parts such ascome within the purview of the invention claimed may be resorted to, inactual practice, if desired.

Having now described my invention that which I claim as new and desireto procure by Letters Patent is:

A device of the character described comprising an ink bottle stopper anda quill whose upper shank end is embedded in and supported by saidstopper, the lower portion of said quill being formed with integraldepending parallel spaced arms which are arcuately bent at their lowerextremity, one of said arms terminating in a spoon-shaped receptacle,and the other arm forming a flexible tongue overlying said spoonshapedreceptacle and being oppositely tapered at its lower end to overlie saidreceptacle to provide a point or feed port for evenly flowing ink fromsaid receptacle.

JAMES E. PALMER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,194,402 Mazzarelli Mar. 19,1940 1,652,585 Schreiber Dec. 13, 1927 487,732 Green Dec. 13, 1892FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 7,934 Austria 1902

